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Adjective
/ôgˈmentid/,
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Having been made greater in size or value,
  1. Having been made greater in size or value
    • - augmented pensions for those retiring at 65
  2. Denoting or containing an interval that is one semitone greater than the corresponding major or perfect interval
    • - augmented fourths
  1. added to or made greater in amount or number or strength; "his augmented renown"; "a greatly augmented collection of books"
  2. (augment) enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"
  3. (augmentation) the amount by which something increases
  4. (augmentation) the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)
  5. (augmentation) the act of augmenting
  6. In music and music theory augmentation (from Late Latin augmentare, to increase) is the lengthening or widening of rhythms, melodies, intervals or chords. The opposite is diminution (as in "a diminished triad").
  7. (Augment (linguistics)) In linguistics, the augment is a syllable added to the beginning of the word in certain Indo-European languages, most notably Greek, Armenian, and the Indo-Iranian languages such as Sanskrit, to form the past tenses.
  8. (Augment (Star Trek)) "The Augments" is the name of the 82nd episode from the television series ''''. It is the sixth episode from the fourth season of the series. "The Augments" initially aired on November 12, 2004, on the American television network UPN.
  9. (Augmentation (heraldry)) In heraldry, an augmentation is a modification or addition to a coat of arms, typically given by a monarch as either a mere mark of favour, or a reward or recognition for some meritorious act. ...
  10. (Augmentation (obstetrics)) Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the birth of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus. ...
  11. increased in number, amount or strength; raised in pitch by a semitone
  12. (augment) To increase; to make larger or supplement; To grow; to increase; to become greater; To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage; To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone)
  13. (augmentation) The act or process of augmenting; A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton; A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast ...
  14. (augment) Add to, or increase.
  15. (Augment) This is the process of increasing the amount of research interviews for a particular subgroup within the population. ...
  16. (AUGMENT) To make greater, morenumerous, larger or more intense.
  17. (Augment) Any human significantly enhanced by cybermagical implants. Usually used to refer to augmented criminals.
  18. (Augment) Genetically enhanced human being, with technology developed in the 20th century (TOS: "Space Seed", "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan", ENT: "Borderland", "Cold Station 12", "The Augments", "Affliction", "Divergence").
  19. (Augment) To add Research Data Records or Context Data Records to a Data Case.
  20. (Augment) To raise a note or musical interval within a chord or scale by a halftone.
  21. (augment (noun)) h9 au1chsij, -ewj (LSJ, cites EM.338.47)
  22. (augment) To convert a profile to another kind of profile. For example, a server profile can be modified to become a bus profile. See also unaugment.
  23. (augment) amplify, heighten, strengthen, To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity., augmented perception, augemented thought, augmented experience.
  24. Drugs to augment labor are given after labor has begun, but fails to progress, or when the contractions have slowed down and are weak or ineffective, prolonging labor unnecessarily.
  25. (augmentation) a result of prolonged use of dopaminergic agents in which symptoms (of Restless Legs Syndrome) are chased into the daytime sometimes necessitating daytime dosing.